could do whatever, what would you want to see the obama administration do? if they are committed to a two-state solution, to have a genuine peace process heading toward an end point, what would you like to see the obama administration do? >> put in the resources to build real, legitimate palestinian government that would be an irresistible partner. that is both really doing the things and not necessarily with abbas, by the way, but helping palestinians work through who is the successor to abbas and the p.a. who is legitimate and talk to hamas. not work with hamas. not hug hamas, but talk to hamas. do that. i don't think there's a magic wand you can wave that solves the israeli side. >> you think the american government should be talking to hamas? >> yeah. >> so do the former leaders. >> no one has mentioned iran. there is a view that in some ways what we have seen in the last weeks is a dry run. both in the sense of testing military equipment, testing the antimissile facilities but also in netanyahu testing obama. what we have seen with the president is push